This year’s 16 films were selected from 862 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.
The Oath and Restrepo
12th & Delaware
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing),
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The abortion battle continues to rage in unexpected ways on an unassuming corner in America.
Bhutto
(Country: US, Pakistan, UK; Year: 2009; Director: Jessica Hernandez, Johnny O'Hara; Writer: Johnny O'Hara; Stars: David Frost, Kathleen Kennedy, Condoleezza Rice, Benazir Bhutto, Tariq Ali, Asif Ali Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Fatima Bhutto, Iyad Hajjaj, Sanam Bhutto, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari)
A journey through the life and work of recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister and a polarizing figure in the Muslim world.
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Alex Gibney),
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A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding DC super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.
Family Affair
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Chico Colvard; Writer: Chico Colvard),
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An uncompromising documentary that examines resilience, survival and the capacity to accommodate a parent's past crimes in order to satisfy the longing for family.
Freedom Riders
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Stanley Nelson)
The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists - the Freedom Riders - who, in 1961, creatively challenged segregation in the American South.
My Perestroika and Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
GasLand
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Josh Fox; Writer: Josh Fox; Stars: Josh Fox),
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A cross-country odyssey uncovers toxic streams, dying livestock, flammable sinks and weakening health among rural citizens on the front lines of the natural gas drilling craze.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Tamra Davis)
The story of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose work defined, electrified and challenged an era, and whose untimely death at age 27 has made him a cultural icon.
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg; Stars: Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers)
Honest and open portrait of the groundbreaking comedienne.
Lucky
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Jeffrey Blitz)
The story of what happens when ordinary people hit the lottery jackpot.
My Perestroika
(Country: US, UK, Russia; Year: 2010; Director: Robin Hessman),
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Five Muscovites talk about their lives and the changing state of Russia over the past 35 years.
Smash His Camera and Lucky
The Oath
(Country: US, Cuba, Yemen; Year: 2010; Director: Laura Poitras)
The story of two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the US Supreme Court.
Restrepo
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington)
Documentary shot by two filmmakers embedded with an Afghanistan US Army platoon for a year.
A Small Act
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Jennifer Arnold; Writer: Jennifer Arnold)
Giving poor children in Kenya a chance of further education and offering them hope for a better life.
Smash His Camera
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Leon Gast; Stars: Ron Galella)
Documentary about the 'original' paparazzo, Ron Galella.
The Tillman Story (I’m Pat _______ Tillman)
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Amir Bar-Lev)
The story of professional football star and decorated US soldier Pat Tillman, whose family takes on the US government when their beloved son dies in a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan in 2004.
A Small Act and Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Waiting For Superman
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Davis Guggenheim)
examines the crisis of public education in the United States through multiple interlocking stories—from a handful of students and their families whose futures hang in the balance, to the educators and reformers trying to find real and lasting solutions within a dysfunctional system.
